Paidipally Vamshidhar Rao (born 27 July 1979), also known as Vamshi Paidipally, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works predominantly in Telugu and a few Tamil films. He is best known for directing mainstream film works such as Munna (2007), Brindavanam (2010), Yevadu (2014), Oopiri (2016), Maharshi (2019) and Varisu (2023). Vamshi Paidipally has won a National Film Award for Maharshi.
Vamshi Paidipally was born on 27 July 1979 in Khanapur of Adilabad district, Telangana.[2][3] His parents, who hail from Bheemaram near Jagtial town own a cinema hall in Khanapur.[4] He did his schooling in Hyderabad Public School and his intermediate from Little Flower Junior College.[5] then, He completed his bachelor's degree in commerce and Master's in Computer Applications from Osmania University and he had worked as a software engineer in Hyderabad.[5]
Vamshi Paidipally began his film career by working as an assistant film director in films Eeswar (2002) and Varsham (2004).[6] While working for the movie Bhadra (2005) producer Dil Raju offered to produce him a film under his production house.[4] He made his directorial debut with Prabhas-starrer Munna (2009). It was an average venture at the box office. He later directed Brindavanam starring NTR Jr which was a commercial success. It is followed by Yevadu (2014) featuring Allu Arjun and Ram Charan.[7]
His 2016 Telugu-Tamil bilingual film Oopiri/Thozha, an adaptation of the French film The Intouchables (2011) starring Karthi and Nagarjuna was a critical and commercial success. The film won him his Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu.[8] In 2019, he collaborated with actor Mahesh Babu for Maharshi.[9] The film won National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment.[1]
In September 2021, he was signed to direct Vijay's 66th film produced by Dil Raju titled Varisu.[10]
Vamsi Paidipally married Malini in 2007 and the couple has a daughter.[2] They live in Hyderabad.[4]
| † | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Language | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Munna | Telugu | Cameo appearance | [11] |
| 2010 | Brindavanam | |||
| 2014 | Yevadu | |||
| 2016 | Oopiri | Telugu Tamil |
Tamil version titled Thozha Filmfare Award for Best Director - Telugu |
[12] |
| 2019 | Maharshi | Telugu | National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment SIIMA Award for Best Director- Telugu |
[1] |
| 2023 | Varisu | Tamil | [13] |
| Film | Prakash Raj | Kota Srinivasa Rao | Tanikella Bharani | Jayasudha | Brahmaji | Raghu Karumanchi | Prabhas Sreenu | Marthand K. Venkatesh | Praveen K. L. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munna (2007) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Brindavanam (2010) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Yevadu (2014) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Oopiri / Thozha (2016) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Thozha; deleted scene in Oopiri | Thozha | |||
| Maharshi (2019) | Cameo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Varisu (2023) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
